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Travelocity automates biz split ticketing

Hotel Booking Travelocity BusinessSM is automating the split ticketing process to enable travellers to more easily select multiple air carriers for a single trip.

Groople In the News Travelocity Teams with Groople to Offer Group Hotel Bookings New shopping tools added to Travelocity's hotel booking engine let travelers book 5+ rooms in a single reservation SOUTHLAKE, Texas and DENVER (February 1, 2005) Planning this summer's faraway family reunion Or maybe you're a coach needing a bunch of rooms for that upcoming youth tournament If so, you'll want to check out new functionality on Travelocity that makes planning and booking group travel a snap. Today, Travelocity announced an agreement with Groople Inc., a leading provider of online group travel bookings that gives Travelocity customers a specialized groups section with discounted hotel rates, group content and new planning features that are unavailable on other travel sites.

Travel Agency The new process is designed to help companies streamline travel by increasing their touchless transaction rates, or the number of trips booked by travelers that do not require additional follow up or help from an agent. It also aims to help companies get the most out of pre-negotiated air programs by automatically identifying and applying the appropriate trip segments to the right air contracts.

"Groople is proud to work with the online travel industry leader Travelocity in helping to meet the varying needs of group travelers, " said Groople Chief Executive Officer David Loy. "We estimate that unmanaged leisure groups, known at the SMERF market (Social, Military, Education, Religious, Fraternal) book $18 billion a year in travel and we are excited that Travelocity's distribution and reach is now bringing automated group bookings to the masses."

Cheap Hotel Equally as important is Travelocity Business dedication to automating processes like split ticketing to create the most efficient agency model that results in even better customer service for business travelers.

In addition to more than 60, 000 hotels and six top cruise lines, Groople offers group bookings for air, car, bus and rail. In February, Groople partnered with Travelocity, allowing broader distribution of Groople group rates and inventory on Travelocity.com when users select more than 5 hotel rooms. The past year has also brought partnerships with Choice Hotels International, Cendant Hotels, Best Western and La Quinta Hotels, increasing Groople inventory and thus providing even more hotel options for groups booking through the Groople website and call center.

Flight Booking Make no mistake about it, our strategy is to continue enhancing our technology, but not just for technologys sake, said Joel Bailey, director of Product Marketing at Travelocity Business. As we continue to apply technology to different types of fulfillment processes, it frees our agents to dedicate more of their time to helping travelers with those special travel needs that cant be automated.

'Split Payment' On Holidays Launched For The First time Online Expedia.co.uk today becomes the first online travel agent to allow customers to split the payment on their holiday bookings in a move to give greater flexibility and choice for travellers and enabling people to travel at an affordable price. Customers booking an Expedia flight and hotel or flight, hotel and car package will be given an option to pay a deposit rather than having to find the full cost of the holiday at the time of booking, making it easier and more affordable than ever for people to let themselves go on holiday in 2006.

Travel Agent  

Travel agents obtain some of their information from the same sources as online booking sites such as Orbitz and Travelocity. They also receive daily emails and faxes with new specials from resorts and hotels that may not be published on the internet. Travel agents can also call a place directly to see if they can work out other kinds of special deals for you, something an online site can’t do.

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